Kirk, What I love about TM is it's simplicity. I don't have to ask, "What kind of meditation should I do today?" Or ruin the innocent experience of TM by wondering during meditation, "Is this a good day for Vippassana or should I concentrate on my navel?" It's why I wear only white cotton underwear and socks. I know exactly what I'm going to pull out of the drawer when I get dressed in the morning. I know exactly what to expect. I don't worry if I lose a sock in the laundry or get a wedge wearing a Victoria Secret thong. Yikes! I just scared myself. A thong is definitely out of the question and so is anything that would make TM complicated like the man I met mixing seltzer with water when water alone would have been the perfect beverage. Anyway, good luck with the shrink.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Kirk" <kirk_bernha...@...> wrote: > > It's not jaw dropping. Buddhists consider TM to be a form of shamatha or > calm abiding meditation which is just what it is. Shamatha with support it's > called. Vippassana is about 'insight.' Insight into what? Basically what > Buddha taught. There are many forms of vippassana. The point being though > that even Buddhist can still appreciate TM and also what it is not. > > To assume all meditations are the same or producing the same results and so > on is just not so. In some ways it's sad Rajaneesh is not still around to > prove that because he was someone who could turn anything into a technique, > for something or other. generally jnana I guess. I wasn't personally > involved with him. > > At some Buddhist rallies I have felt no shakti and little sense of coherent > stillness, but at other rallies I have felt shakti like in the domes but > stirred up really well. Part of the Vajrayana is like the old TM Sunday > potluck dinner. I used to like those. But the ceremony involves the food and > maybe some light drink so it's like meditation and social interaction. Which > is a different sort of shakti altogether. > > Thanks everyone, even Old World for trying to help me. Today is the day I > get shrink wrapped so I'll size the fit and let you guys know how it went. > Peace, over..... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "raunchydog" <raunchy...@...> > To: <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 8:47 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Coming to Fairfield, seek to learn. > > > >A few years ago, I lived in Boulder, CO for a few months. One day I > >happened to walk by Karma Dzong‎. I went in and discovered a quiet > >place to meditate, a beautiful shrine to Buddha, a lot of open floor space > >and some comfortable red cushions to sit on. So occasionally, I would stop > >by to do TM. Very few people were ever present. No one seemed to mind I was > >there, I never spoke to anyone and no one ever spoke to me. It was the > >perfect spot. > > > > Then one day, as I was meditating I noticed a few women arriving with > > bowls of food and setting up some tables. Pretty soon the place was > > bustling. It turned out it was some annual shindig/feast. I finished > > meditating and decided to stick around. > > > > Everyone started to organize the cushions into rows facing a staged area > > and all the food. I sat down next to a nice looking man in his 40's and > > introduced myself. He explained they were have a feast and celebration of > > something or another. I told him that I had been stopping by to do TM > > occasionally. He said he used to do TM but does Vipassana meditation now. > > Then much to my surprise, he said, "I start Viprassana by doing TM to > > settle my mind." > > > > I didn't ask, the obvious, "Well, if you need TM to do Viprassana, why > > don't you just do TM?" I just smiled and said something lame like, "That's > > nice." Some things are just so drop-jaw obvious, an explanation is > > unnecessary. > > > > Anyway Mike, I hope you'll pay us a visit in Fairfield and check out MUM. > > Don't mind the naysayers, find out for yourself.
